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Glamour's Women of the Year Alums: Look Who's Kicking Even More Ass Than Ever

Tonight, we're honoring 10 new incredible women at our 2012 Women of the Year Awards. But before we give out the statues, a few updates from past Glamour Women of the Year who deserve to be applauded all over again:

Three-peat WOTY Katie Couric on her new set—watch Wednesday for a whole show on Women of the Year!

Katie Couric (1992, 2002, and 2006) premiered Katie, the highest-rated new talk show this year. (Tune in today for a whole show on Women of the Year!)

Author Toni Morrison (2007) received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Marissa Mayer (2009), became the youngest Fortune 500 CEO ever when she landed the top job at Yahoo in July.

J.K. Rowling (1999) published her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy. Oh, also? She’s donated so much money that she’s no longer a billionaire. Love that.

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (2011), still recovering from last year’s shooting, launched a PAC to support bipartisan candidates.

And two beloved Women of the Year we lost in 2012:Nora Ephron (1993) was adored the world over for her writing, which made us laugh and love. And the immensely philanthropic Evelyn Lauder (1999) helped raise more than $350 million for breast cancer research. (She co-created the pink ribbon!).